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Public Benches: A Symbol of Civil Kindness
OpinionThe Guardian1mo ago

Public Benches: A Symbol of Civil Kindness

This article explores the symbolic significance of public benches, noting how even poorly placed ones in cities like Bristol and York can embody civil kindness and community spirit.

Hedera: Hedera review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month
CultureThe Guardian1mo ago

Hedera: Hedera review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

(Cuculi) The Bristol-based folk ensemble travel widely on their first album, exploring global influences with sparkling, springlike warmth Hedera are a band of five tightly knit friends – violinist Lulu Austin, violin/viola player Maisie Brett, violinist/double bassist Beth Roberts, accordionist/harpist Tamsin Elliott, and clarinettist Isis Wolf-Light – named after the Latin botanical term for ivy. The group’s debut album combines influences from Bulgaria to Bali, Ireland to Georgia, and establishes its mood of knotted, hypnotic locked groove from its opening track, Sterretjie (named after an Afrikaans word for the coastal tern bird, which also means “little stars”). Brett’s violin passes the track’s melody to Wolf-Light’s clarinet and Elliott’s accordion with a bright, sparkling swiftness. Many other moments of joy, lithe and spring-like, lift these 12 tracks. Roberts’ waltz about a Cornish meadow, Mayflies in June, travels from minor key to major and back again, buoyed along by Elliott’s harp-playing. (Elliott similarly impressed on 2023’s So Far We Have Come, her Anglo-Egyptian album with oud player Tarek Elazhary.) Sekar Jagat (Balinese for “flower of the universe”) twitches sweetly into life on prepared harp and plucked strings, then makes hay with a melody originally written for gamelan; on Shen Khar Venakhi, a 1,000-year-old Georgian hymn that survived Soviet purges, all five women’s voices join together in a dense, glowing mass. Continue reading...

Three Arrested After Gun Fired at Car in Bristol
WorldThe Independent6d ago

Three Arrested After Gun Fired at Car in Bristol

Three individuals have been arrested in Bristol after a man was injured when a gun was fired at a car. Police have confirmed they are not seeking any other suspects in connection with the incident.

Ryanair insists we failed to board a phantom flight
BusinessThe Guardian29d ago

Ryanair insists we failed to board a phantom flight

Airline has refused refund after our flight was diverted because of bad weather and we were left on the plane for six hours I was on a Ryanair flight from Bristol to Dublin that took off during Storm Amy in October last year. It was unable to land at Dublin after two abortive attempts and was diverted to Manchester, where we sat on the plane for six hours, with no complimentary refreshments, before being unceremoniously ejected at nearly midnight. We were told Ryanair staff would organise tax...